Felony Battery
In plain English Increases criminal penalties for battery on a law enforcement officer causing bodily injury if the person has prior convictions for resisting an officer with violence.
Official synopsis: Revising the definition of "prison releasee reoffender" to include a defendant who commits or attempts to commit battery on a law enforcement officer which results in bodily injury; providing enhanced criminal penalties for persons who commit a second or subsequent battery after having a prior…
Became lawChapter No. 2026-149 · 2026-06-17
Reinsurance Intermediary Managers
In plain English Revises the definition of reinsurance intermediary manager and defines the term "controlling" in insurance law.
Official synopsis: Defining the term "controlling"; revising the definition of the term "reinsurance intermediary manager" to exclude certain underwriting managers, etc.
Became lawChapter No. 2026-146 · 2026-06-17
Criminal Offenses Against Law Enforcement Officers and Other Personnel
In plain English Increases penalties for crimes against law enforcement officers, including manslaughter, assault, battery, and resisting arrest.
Official synopsis: Citing this act as the "Officer Jason Raynor Act"; revising a prohibition on the use or threatened use of force to resist arrest or detention; providing for enhanced punishment for manslaughter when committed against specified officers; revising provisions concerning assault or battery upon specified officers…
Became lawChapter No. 2026-144 · 2026-06-17
Enforcement of the Florida Building Code
Revising the manner in which a local government is required to spend excess funds, etc.
Became lawChapter No. 2026-126 · 2026-06-12
Coordinated Access Model Pilot Program
Requiring the Department of Children and Families to contract with certain entities to establish and operate the Coordinated Access Model Pilot Program in Clay, Duval, and St. Johns Counties; providing requirements for contracted entities; requiring contracted entities to subcontract with certain state universities for certain…
FailedDied in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs · 2026-03-13
Liability of Advanced Driving System Manufacturers and Developers
Defining the term "advanced driving system"; providing a limitation on the liability of a manufacturer or developer of an advanced driving system for certain damages, injuries, claims, or losses; authorizing punitive damages only under certain circumstances, etc.
FailedDied in Judiciary · 2026-03-13
Penalties for Prostitution and Related Acts
Revising penalties and criminal penalties for certain offenses, etc.
FailedDied in Criminal Justice · 2026-03-13
Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights
Prohibiting a governmental entity from extending or renewing a contract with specified entities, beginning on a specified date; prohibiting a local governmental entity from taking certain actions relating to contracting with an entity to provide artificial intelligence technology, software, or products unless certain requirements are…
FailedDied in Messages · 2026-03-13
Public Records/County Administrators and City Managers
Providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current county administrators, deputy county administrators, assistant county administrators, city managers, deputy city managers, and assistant city managers, including the names and personal identifying and location information of the spouses…
FailedDied in Messages · 2026-03-13
Sovereign Immunity for Public Transit Contractors
Providing that contractors providing public transit services and their employees or agents are deemed agents of the state for purposes of sovereign immunity, etc.
FailedDied in Judiciary · 2026-03-13
Gift Certificates
Revising the definition of the term "gift certificate"; deleting provisions authorizing the expiration of a gift certificate under specified circumstances, etc.
FailedDied in Banking and Insurance · 2026-03-13
Cybersecurity Standards and Liability
Prohibiting local governments from imposing certain cybersecurity standards or processes on vendors; providing that a local government, a covered entity, or a third-party agent that complies with certain requirements is not liable in connection with a cybersecurity incident under certain circumstances; requiring covered entities and…
FailedDied in Appropriations · 2026-03-13
Beach Management
Requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to review certain data when designating certain beaches as critically eroded and in need of restoration and nourishment; requiring that certain beaches, whose local government preserved funds for a certain purpose and which possess specified features, be designated as…
Not out of committeeDied on Calendar · 2026-03-13
Florida Employee Health Choices Program
Renaming the "Florida Health Choices Program" as the "Florida Employee Health Choices Program"; revising eligibility and participation requirements for vendors under the program; revising the types of health insurance products that are available for purchase through the program; deleting exemptions from certain requirements of the…
FailedDied in Health Policy · 2026-03-13
Child Welfare
Providing a rebuttable presumption of detriment to a child under certain circumstances; requiring that certain visitation or contact be supervised by a person who has received certain training; requiring that a shelter hearing take place within a specified period under certain circumstances; requiring that certain…
FailedDied in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs · 2026-03-13
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